Purging Stamp Sets

You'll be sorry.

Find a box to put them in.
Buy some parchment paper.
Using a school binder with white paper and make a catalog of the stamps.
layer them in the box with the parchment paper between the layers.
Number each layer and sync your stamps by number to each layer.
Now you have the stamp you are really going to need someday, and you will know exactly where to find it. All you will need is to remember where you put that box.
You can thank me any time. 

If you prefer to donate, & encourage others' creativity while simultaneously reclaiming your craft storage space, consider the following (note restrictions on the types of supplies accepted may apply; you may also be able to report on taxes if you itemize):

Preschools
Daycares
Church preschools/children's ministries
Church VBS programs
Elementary schools
Middle & high school art classes
After school art programs
Public libraries
Children's art museums
Children's homes
Adoption agencies
Children's hospitals
Ronald McDonald Houses
Big Brothers/Sisters
Boy/Girl Scouts
Juvenile detention centers
Women's prisons
Women's shelters
Senior care centers
Retirement/assisted living homes
Goodwill
Salvation Army
...& many more

I have a "time will tell" box that holds some stamps and dies I'm planning to declutter (time will tell, AKA a quarantine bin, testing whether I'm ready to let them go). I've pulled out stamps that make me feel disappointed or frustrated, stamps that I see and wonder why I thought they were my style, things I bought for a specific idea that didn't work out...

I have gone into that box a couple of times to grab items to use, but I also know that if I didn't have them I could've used something different and still made good cards. I would not chose to re-buy these stamps, I only used them because they were sitting there and they were good enough.

I'm going to offer them cheap to a friend who is new to crafting and then post what's leftover in my Etsy shop and/or on the FSOT board here. Otherwise I'll donate them to my local St Vinnie's because they have a decent craft section or give them away here or in my local Buy Nothing group.

Whether they're worth selling is going to depend on what you have. I think there's some that are worth the effort but with shipping costs as high as they are it might be harder to get a decent price. Selling can be a lot of work so if you can find a place to donate them that you feel good about it can be a lot easier. And if you start having regrets in the future you can remind yourself that you helped someone with that donation.

I recently did a purge of my stamps. I found several that I knew I would never use (not my style or I had used them and was fine not ever using them again). I contacted our city Senior Center and they were happy to have them.

I have tried selling stamps in the past and had varying success. This time I decided not to mess with selling & just wanted to get them out of my house

When you purge, you will never recover the money you spent on the stamps. You might get a little back if you sell them, but probably not much. If I want something out of my house, I give it away.

Having said that, however, I am more in line with Don’s way of thinking, except that mine are all very well organized, accessible, and quick/easy to find, in spite of my huge collection. Organizing them well has made it so much easier to find what I want. I definitely use them a lot more than I used to do.

Also, having a stamp platform was a game changer for me. It has helped me to use my stamps more, too. Someday I will give a bunch of them away, but not yet.